Ignition Button Question, Ty in advance!

[BarryC]

Good Morning,

I have a 2021 RAM 1500 Big Horn.

Friday afternoon after work I pulled in my driveway and pushed the Ignition Button to STALL the truck. I wasn't getting ANY reaction from it, So basically I couldn't shut the truck off. After pushing the Button a good 8/10X It FINALLY shut down.
Today I went to start the truck and NOTHING, Dash is blinking, Key Fob works for a second then off, back and forth, Cant start the truck.
The first thing I would think (this morning) is the battery is dead BUT after Fridays event I'm wondering IF anyone experienced any problems with the Ignition Switch?
Also, I do that a 300AMP Battery Jump starter and It still isn't starting.

Any Ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Ty & Have a Good Day!!

 

[HSKR R/T]

Good Morning,

I have a 2021 RAM 1500 Big Horn.

Friday afternoon after work I pulled in my driveway and pushed the Ignition Button to STALL the truck. I wasn't getting ANY reaction from it, So basically I couldn't shut the truck off. After pushing the Button a good 8/10X It FINALLY shut down.
Today I went to start the truck and NOTHING, Dash is blinking, Key Fob works for a second then off, back and forth, Cant start the truck.
The first thing I would think (this morning) is the battery is dead BUT after Fridays event I'm wondering IF anyone experienced any problems with the Ignition Switch?
Also, I do that a 300AMP Battery Jump starter and It still isn't starting.

Any Ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Ty & Have a Good Day!!

Check to see if your back window is leaking. Could have a damaged RF hub. Another thing to try for starting it to push the button with the fob itself

 

[BarryC]

Check to see if your back window is leaking. Could have a damaged RF hub. Another thing to try for starting it to push the button with the fob itself

Cool, Ty!

I did just get it to start (after pushing the ignition button 15X BUT THEN it immediately stalled.

Frankly, as long as I know the it is NOT the battery, I'll call RAM and let them pick it up and deal with it,
Its still under warranty.

 

[BarryC]

Check to see if your back window is leaking. Could have a damaged RF hub. Another thing to try for starting it to push the button with the fob itself

So, the FOB to the switch actually worked... Thanks for the help!

 

[FastBlackRam]

So, the FOB to the switch actually worked... Thanks for the help!

Try changing the battery in your FOB. Supposedly that would be the reason you would have to start it by pressing the start switch with the FOB. However your other intermittent symptoms are not consistent with a dead FOB battery. More like RF Hub as someone has mentioned. And it doesn't have to be caused by a leak in the rear window area. My hub failed naturally with no leak.

 

[HSKR R/T]

Try changing the battery in your FOB. Supposedly that would be the reason you would have to start it by pressing the start switch with the FOB. However your other intermittent symptoms are not consistent with a dead FOB battery. More like RF Hub as someone has mentioned. And it doesn't have to be caused by a leak in the rear window area. My hub failed naturally with no leak.

My eBay fob internals in my AJT case will sometimes stop working. I can lock/unlock doors, but get inside truck and it will say fob not in vehicle and have to push button with fob to start. Or sometimes the lock/unlock won't work, but will start fine. I have to open the case and basically disconnect battery, then everything will work fine again. When it first started doing it, I thought it was just the cheap Amazon batteries I bought for the fob. So was replacing batteries like every 2 months. Now Ive had tj same battery for 8 months, but about every 2-3 weeks I have to PO the case open to reset battery.

 

[FastBlackRam]

My eBay fob internals in my AJT case

I don't know what this is. Are you not using the factory key FOB?

 

[HSKR R/T]

I don't know what this is. Are you not using the factory key FOB?

I bought an aftermarket fob to give me the tailgate release function from the fob. Then I bought an AJT Design case and swapped the guts into it.